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SALT LAKE CITY -- For roughly two more weeks, Dwight Howard will continue to wear slim-fitting suits for Houston Rockets games.Howard, recovering from edema in his right knee, still isnt practicing, and coach Kevin McHale wont admit theres light at the end of the tunnel.

The Houston Rockets had trouble keeping LaMarcus Aldridge in check during last season's playoffs, eventually falling in six games. Although they beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-95 in December, Aldridge was sick and missed the game.

BOSTON -- The frustration that the Boston Celtics experienced in the first half of Friday's visit from the Houston Rockets could be summed up in one sequence in which Evan Turner missed a layup on a hard drive to the basket, then missed two quality putback opportunities at the rim before latching onto the arm of Donatas Motiejunas while completely exasperated by the ball's defiance in a game the Celtics already trailed by double digits.